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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. country chart
[edit]Stop editing on List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. country chart songs that topped the airplay alone chart do not count since the chart changed during 2012.The Airplay chart is now a separate chart.
DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 01:22, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
February 2020
[edit] Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Business Insiders have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Materialscientist (talk) 10:48, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Do not make deletions without giving a valid reason. In the case of Cosmos you deletion was inaccurate. Thank you. David J Johnson (talk) 18:04, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
- These edits were absolutely legitimate and constructive, as I've explained it on your user talk page. Stroking out the warning message. Dear editor, please consider it void. Best, Tymon.r Do you have any questions? 00:05, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
- Then the deletion should have been properly explained by the IP, rather than a unexplained change. Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 11:47, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
- On the same month, you added categories to Tell Tale Hearts which is not true. Wynn Liaw (talk) 09:18, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
Missing categories
[edit]Please take care when moving pages between categories. Many of the categories to which you are adding pages do not exist. Per MOS:CATORDER, An article should never be left with a non-existent (redlinked) category on it. Either the category should be created, or else the link should be removed or changed to a category that does exist.
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March 2020
[edit] Hello, I'm SanAnMan. I noticed that you recently removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. SanAnMan (talk) 20:55, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at AC/DC discography, you may be blocked from editing. - FlightTime (open channel) 00:38, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
April 2020
[edit] Hello, I'm Jc3s5h. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Time formatting and storage bugs have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks. Jc3s5h (talk) 19:55, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
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EXPLAIN IMMEDIATELY YOUR MASSIVE CHANGES TO YEAR-RELATED ARTICLES. FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE EXPLANATION WILL RESULT IN REFERRAL TO AN ADMINISTRATOR NOTICEBOARD. Jc3s5h (talk) 20:00, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
{{CatAutoTOC}} is only for large categories. If we wanted it on all categories of a certain size then we could get a bot to add it. Please stop adding it to categories with less than 100 pages. It does nothing there but uses resources. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:24, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
I see that you are replacing {{Category TOC}} with {{CatAutoTOC}}. Good work, but I have an AWB job doing that, which involves far less effort ... so it's not a good use of your time to do it manually. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:56, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
- Actually, BrownHairedGirl, I've discover these AutoTOCs just within the past few days, and I feel that replacing the older TOCs is NOT a good idea. I can see where it's handy if a page needs a TOC and doesn't have one. But the non-auto ones can be chosen and tailored to fit a particular page. There really is no need for a TOC that includes 0-9 on a page (probably most pages) that doesn't have entries there. 12:50, 3 May 2020 (UTC)Uporządnicki (talk) 12:51, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- No, it's not good work in most of these cases. It should not be applied when all the entries total fewer than 100, or in the ridiculous case here, where nearly everything begins with the same letter. Johnbod (talk) 12:03, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
- I second--and third and fourth--the motion that you should refrain from adding TOCs to categories that are complete on one page. I can't see that it is any use at all. Uporządnicki (talk) 03:41, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Actually, on reflection, I want to walk that back a bit. I see no point to a TOC on a category with 200 or fewer items (i.e. a one page category), but apparently there are those who do. And I guess it does no harm (I just think it's a bit silly). This IP user appears to have done hundreds of them--just yesterday! I realphabetize categories, adding or editing sortkeys; I've done dozens of categories, some with thousands of items. Some might wonder if it's really worth the effort. Uporządnicki (talk) 12:50, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- I second--and third and fourth--the motion that you should refrain from adding TOCs to categories that are complete on one page. I can't see that it is any use at all. Uporządnicki (talk) 03:41, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
May 2020
[edit] Please do not add or change content, as you did at Made in America (Toby Keith song), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Amkgp (talk) 18:15, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Zac Brown Band discography, you may be blocked from editing. --Killarnee (T•1•2) 15:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
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Please note that you have already been warned not add to add to categories with fewer than 100 entries (see: User_talk:50.26.172.216#Template:CatAutoTOC above). Please stop. --David Tornheim (talk) 14:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
June 2020
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to add more categories with more than 100 articles 50.26.172.216 (talk) 00:49, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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No, clearly not. Yamla (talk) 01:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
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July 2020
[edit] Hello, I'm CycloneYoris. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, List of colors (compact), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. CycloneYoris talk! 19:36, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Please do not add or change content, as you did at List of colors: G–M, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. CycloneYoris talk! 19:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at List of colors (compact), you may be blocked from editing. CycloneYoris talk! 20:17, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at List of colors (compact). You've been reverted several times now. Please stop and do not re-add the content until you find proper sources. CycloneYoris talk! 00:05, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
Removing categories
[edit]Why are you removing categories from Category:Greatest hits albums by year? E.g. Category:2013 greatest hits albums? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:55, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
I'm also concerned why it is beneficial to replace the year with a template in the category names. You have only been unblocked for a few days. In that time you have accumulated four warnings, been involved in an edit war, and have made a massive number of changes to categories that appear to be controversial. I remind you that you were blocked for persistently making controversial changes to categories. Please stop that activity now and open a discussion to get consensus on it before proceeding. You are extremely close to being blocked again so please exercise caution. SpinningSpark 16:08, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
August 2020
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- Note, this is the second time you've made this type of edit ([1], [2]), and you're continuing to piss the point of WP:ASOF. We do not want the date to automatically update; we want it to update only when the information is checked. Otherwise, as the info gets out of date, as you've edited it it will contain erroneous information. So please stop. TJRC (talk) 18:12, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
September 2020
[edit] Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Category:21st-century Scottish women writers. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. You broke the parent categories on this page. Please stop. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that in this edit to Category:Racehorse deaths by year, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 19:55, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks! ExcitedEngineer (talk) 19:40, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
ANI thread
[edit]I started a thread about your latest edits here at WP:ANI. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 04:47, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
Non-existent categories
[edit] Before adding a category to an article, as you did to Club Seven, please make sure that the category page actually exists. In some cases, it may be appropriate to create a new category in accordance with Wikipedia's categorization guidelines, but it is usually better to use the most specific available existing category. It is never appropriate to leave a page categorised in a non-existent category, i.e. one whose link displays in red. You may find it helpful to use the gadget HotCat, which tests whether a category exists before saving a change.
You have done similar edits to many other tv-related pages. Please stop. . --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:03, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
October 2020
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50.26.172.216 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
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making articles in directory easier
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Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. Liz Read! Talk! 00:14, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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- This was brought up at ANI, where you could have argued your case, in complete sentences. How your edits make stuff more accessible is not clear to me. You have been blocked before, for the same kind of disruption--and a complete lack of explanation for your edits is part of that. If you don't start addressing that, you will not be unblocked, and you are likely to get blocked again. This is a collaborative project, and you must act accordingly. Drmies (talk) 15:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
I will be mass-removing your unwanted TOCs on cats containing less than 100 pages
[edit]For which there is obvious consensus above. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 13:59, 20 December 2020 (UTC)